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THE OMNIUM-GATHERUM ; 

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A NEW GAME FOE THE YOUNG. 



1SY J. T. YARRINGTON. 



EXPLANATION. — The Omnium-Gatherum is designed, 
principally, for the young — to amuse the hoys and girls ; 
however, older people, with young hearts, may join in the 
game, and find some merriment in it, particularly when 
accompanied by our youthful friends. 

There are eighteen questions, and thirty-eight various 
answers to each separate question, all numbered respec- 
tively from one to thirty-eight. 

Let one of the company act as interrogator, or reader. 
He or she will ask the questions in regular order, as laid 
down in the game. Begin with one person, and finish his 
or her i 4 f ortune" before commencing with that of another. 

Each time the reader asks a question, the candidate, or 
party so interrogated, will call off a stated number, aloud, 
(said number not to exceed thirty-eight.) and the questioner 



EXPLANATION. 8 

will then read the answer to that number. So on through. 

« 

The odd numbers are arranged for males, and the even 
numbers for females, always. It is important that this 
be borne in mind, so that all the answers shall be appro- 
priate for each sex. Let the reader see to this matter, that 
no wrong numbers are given, and then no mistakes will 
occur in rendering answers to the several questions. 

It is hoped, and the earnest desire of the compiler is. 
that the Omnium-Gathekum will prove a pleasant fireside 
game, an innocent yet happy diversion for both } 7 oung and 
old ; that this game will be, truly, an amusement for parties 
and the social circle, what it is designed to be ; that tens 
of thousands of our American boys and girls, all over the 
land, who shall indulge in this play, may live to grow up 
to noble manhood and womanhood, enter life's battle-field 
in earnest, go forth to do valiant service for God and 
humanity, engage in the temperance and other reformatory 
enterprises of the age, be bright and shining lights in the 
world, an honor to their country, and promoters of her 
morals, principles, peace and universal freedom ! 

Yours, in behalf of law r and 

liberty, moral and political, 

J. T. YAKKINGTON. 



1 THE OMNIttM-&ATHERUM ; OR. 

FIRST QUESTION, 

WHAT IS YOUR FORTE, OR HIGHEST 

AMBITION ? 



NO. ANSWER. 

1. To speculate in stocks. 

2. To distribute to the poor. 

3. To drive a fast nag. 

4. To receive calls. 

5. To flatter the girls. 
*>. To teach a school. 

7. To keep a livery stable. 

8. To dress in the latest style, 
0. To flirt with young ladies. 

10. To excel in music. 

1 1. To own a, pea-nut stand. 

12. To cultivate personal charms. 

1,3. To be very rich. 

11. To travel in foreign lands. 
15. To raise a nice moustache. 
Hj. To win admiration. 

17. To marry a handsome branette 



THE AMERICAN FOBTUNE-TELLEK. 

18. To have plenty of beaux. 

19. To do good in the world. 

20. To be a favorite among folks. 

21. To acquire great fame. 

22. To love everybody. 

23. To secure political preferment. 

24. To oppose all wrong. 

25. To receive a liberal education. 

26. To become distinguished. 

27. To have the smiles of .Nancy. 

28. To please superiors. 

29. To earn an honest living. 

30. To be with Charlie, often. 

.31. To observe and learn of others. 
32. To put the best side out. 
3.3. To plague associates. 

34. To be a milliner. 

35. To achieve great renown fox morals. 

36. To live in a brown stone* mansion. 

37. To be a bank president. 

38. To attract attention. 



THE OMNIUM-GATHEKTJM ; OR, 



SECOND QUESTION. 

WHAT IS THE MOST REMARKABLE THING 
YOU EYER SAW, OR HEARD ? 



NO, ANSWER, 

1. Nellie's indifference about marriage. 

2. Cupid's whisperings. 

3. The girl of the period. 

4. An English swell. 

5. The Grecian bend. 

6. A contented bachelor. 

7. A coquette in love. 

8. An essay on single blessedness. 

9. The song of the fairies. 

1 0. A cat concert. 

11. A silent kiss. 

12. Friendship between rivals. 
3 3. A Scotch bag-pipe. 

14. A % trap. 

15. An infuriated monster. 

16. A liberal millionaire. 

17. An ancient town clock. 



THETAMERIOAN FORTUNE-TELLER, 

18. A perfumed dandy. 

19. Molasses pie. 

20. A swearing parrot. 

21. A lecture on " bumpology." 

22. A quaker-meeting. 

23. An Indian powwow. 

24. A fish without eyes. 

25. An eclipse. 

26. A storm at sea. 

27. Genius undeveloped. 

28. Pride without possessions. 

29. Beauty unadorned. 

30. A jug without a handle, 

31. Mixing oil with water. 

32. A story well told. 

33. A law against finery. 

34. Fashion and famine. 

35. "Ask mamma." 

36. A velocipede. 

37. A goose that wouldn't hiss. 

38. A proposal of marriage. 



THE OMNIUM-GATHEKUM ; OIL 



THIRD QUESTION. 

WHERE DO YOU FIND PLEASURE OR HAT 
PINESS ? 



N'O. ANSWER. 

3 . In studying. 

2. At work. 

3. When in the discharge of duty, 

4. In reflection. 

5. At home. 

6. With personal friends. 

7. By the side of Jerusha, 

8. At a reception. • 

9. In the " little church around the corner/ 

10. In the country. 

1 1 . At Saratoga. 

12. On the mountains. 

1 3. In the workshop, 
ft. In the glen. 

1 5. On the ocean. 

i 6. 'Neath the willows. 

17. Where there are winsome vouim ladkjs. 



THE AMERICAN' FORTUNE-TELLER. 

18. In the flower-garden. 

1 9. On the ice. 

20. Horse-back riding. 

21. At a clam-bake. 

22. At a social hop. 

23. In the harvest field. 

24. At singing-school. 

25. At a " mutual admiration society." 

26. In the city. 

27. In the employ of Venus. 

28. In the sanctuary. 

29. In the store, selling goods. 

30. In a palace coach, traveling. 

31. At a woman's rights convention. 

32. At a musical festival. 

33. At an apple-cut. 

34. In the sewing circle. 

35. At a masquerade carnival. 

36. At a wedding. 

37. At neighbor Blank's. 

38. In a baby show. 



10 THE OMNIUM-GATHERUM ; OH, 

FOURTH QUESTION. 

WHAT DO YOU MOST . BESIRB ? 



NO. ANSWER. 

1. A new suit of clothes. 

2. A thousand-dollar piano. 

3. Peace and plenty. 

4. To be married. 

5. A villa on the Hudson. 
G. The latest novel. 

7. Turkey for dinner. 

8. An interview with Harry. 

9. A silk hat, 

10. To see the queen. 
U. A chat with Sally. 

12. To be a belle. 

13. A gold watch. 

14. To see London. 

15. A pair of pet rabbits. 

1 6. A pleasant surprise, 

17. A tour through the Holy Land. 

1 8. To be handsome. 



THE AMEBIC AN FORTUNE-TELLEE. 11 

] 9. To be a prince. 

20. A set of jewelry. + 

21. An independent fortune. 
2*1. Health and happiness. 

23. To please the fair sex. 

24. The society of young gentlemen. 

25. A large farm, well stocked, 

26. A horse and carriage. 

27. The plaudits of wise men. 

28. The confidence of associates. 

29. To increase in knowledge. 

30. To display finery. 

31. Faith and fortitude. 

32. Paint and powder. 

33. Sweetness, personified. 

34. The beginning of better days, 

35. Prohibition of the dram-shop. 

36. The reign of charity. 

37. The accumulation of property. 

38. Many friends, no enemies. 



12 THE OMNIUM-GATHERUM ; OR, 



m 

FIFTH QUESTION. 

WHAT QUALITY, ACCOMPLISHMENT OR 

PECULIAR CHARACTERISTIC DO YOU 

WISH IN YOUR PARTNER FOR 

LIFE ? 



NO. ANSWER. 

1. Domestic felicity. 

2. Courage. 

3. Maternal kindness. 

4. Contentment. 

5. General intelligence. 

6. Literary aspirations. 

7. Cheerfulness. 

8. Generosity". 

9. Loving disposition. 

10. Mirthfulness. 

11. An early riser. 

12. Sense and wit. 

13. Well versed in etiquette. 
* 14. Good manners. 

15. A refined mind. 



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THE AMERICAN FORTUNE-TELLER. 13 

16. Ingenuity. 

17. Royal ancestry. 

18. Dignity. 

19. Fine form and features. 

20. Government bonds. 

21. Amiability. 

22> Superior attainments. 

23. Great musical talent. 

24. Gentility. 

25. Truthfulness. 

26. Temperate habits. 

27. Wealth. 

28. Industry. 

29. Beauty. 

30. Education. 

31. Blue eyes. 

32. Religion. 

33. Order. 

34. Activity. 

35. Compassion. 

36. Economy. 

37. Modesty. 

38. Honesty. 



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14 THE OMNIUM-GATHERUM ; OR, 

SIXTH QUESTION. 

WITii WHOM HAVE YOU BVBB BEEN IN 
LOVE ? 



NO. ANSWER 

1 . A fascinating damsel. 

2. A gay cavalier. 

3. The Senator's daughter. 

4. A lawyer. 

5. A dressmaker. 

6. The son of a millionaire. 

7. A Scotch lassie. 

8. A jolly old Teuton, 

9. An eccentric old maid. 

10. A widower worth $50,000. 

11. A lady of high rank. 

12. A gentleman of color. 

13. Tim's sister. 

1 4. An English fop. 

1 5. A public singer. 

1 6. A cobbler. 

1 7. An actress. 



THE AMEBIC AN FOBTUNE-TELLEB. 

1.8. A crazy sycophant. 

19. The maid of the forest. 

20. A fine old gent of sixty summers. 

21. A gipsy girl. 

22. A marriageable bachelor. 

23. A fat, lazy widow. 

24. A good-looking soldier. 

25. A gossiping chatter-box. 
2 6. A backwoodsman. 

27. An angel in disguise. 

28. A locomotive engineer. 

29. One whom you w^ill yet marry. 

30. A New York merchant. 

31. A pert little miss. 

32. A quack doctor. 

33. A certain married lady. 

34. A clergyman. 

35. A bouncing country girl. 

36. A noted land agent. 

37. A spinster. 

38. A Chinaman. * 



16 THE OMNIUM-GATHERUM ; OR, 

SEVENTH QUESTION. 

WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT? 



NO. ANSWER, 

1. The grand result of all. 

2. The young man you love. 

3. Fashion's foibles. 

[. The wheel of fortune. 

5. The decrees of fate. 

6. Last night's promenade. 

7. Junie's invitation. 

8. The forthcoming party. 

9. Mary's sly glances. 

1 0. Whom to invite to the wedding. 

11. When to "pop the question." 

1 2. Of how much mone} r he has got. 

13. Her answer, "No," or " Yes," 

14. The excursion next week. 

15. How to win her affections. 

1 6. Why he don't call again. 

1 7. Lizzie's numerous lovers. 

18. Life after marriasre. 



THE AMERICAN FORTUNE-TELLER. 17 

19. Christmas presents. 

20. The honeymoon. 

21. Where to go on a wedding tour. 

22. The coming man. 

23. The stolen kiss. 

24. Flirting with the gents. 

25. Her delightful ways. 

26. Man's inconsistency. 

27. Girlish devotion. 

28. Love, courtship and marriage. 

29. The choice to make. 

30. The engagements of the week. 

31. How much to pay the minister. 

32. The flattery of men. 

33. The prospects for success. 

34. What to wear to the opera. 

35. A pair of bright eyes. 

36. The trials of an old maid. 

37. The pleasures of youth. 

38. Where to spend the season- 



IS THE OMNIUM-GATHERUM ; OB, 

EIGHTH QUESTION. 

BY WHOM ARE YOU GREATLY ADMIRED? 



NO. ANSWER* 

1. A talkative lady. 

2. A perfect gentleman. 

3. A cross-eyed woman. 

4. A pack peddler. 

5. A great beauty. 

6. An auctioneer. 

7. A stylish coquette. 

8. A squinting physician. 

9. A widow with fifteen children. 

10. A man who has had three wives. 

11. A dame of seventy years. 

12. A tailor. 

13. A dress-maker. 

14. A dry-goods merchant. 

15. A lady of fortune and fame. 

16. A bank clerk. 

17. An old washer-woman. 

18. A romance writer. 



THE AMERICAN FORTUNE-TELLER. 19 

19. A street flirt, 

20. The priest, 

21. An irritable young lad y. 

22. A city druggist. 

23. A modern duchess. 

24. A real estate agent, 

25. A scolding prude. 

26. A mulatto man. 

27. A hotel servant girl. 

28. A rag picker. 

29. An editress of a magazine. 

30. A minstrel performer. 

31. A seminary student. 

32. A dentist, 

33. An exquisite demoiselle, 

34. An omnibus driver. 

35. A seamstress. 

36. A green grocer. 

37. A girl whom you never met 

38. A lazy fellow. 



20 THE OMNIUM-GATHERUM ; Oft, 

NINTH QUESTION. 

FOR" WHAT ARE YOU LOVED, OR WHY? 



NO. ANSWER. 

1. For your qualities of heart and mind. 

2. For your social, pleasant ways. 

3. Because you favor the ladies. 

4. For your peculiar style. 

5. For your generosity. 

6 Because you are brave and true. 

7. For your firmness of character. 

8. For your conversational powers. 

9. Because you are obliging. 

10. For your natural talents. 

1 1 . For your many virtues. 

12. Because you know how to please. 

13. For your good disposition.. 

14. For your small hands and feet. 

15. Because you are industrious. 

16. For your personal charms. 

1 7. For your strict morals. 

1 8. Because you excel in music. 



THE AMERICAN FORTUNE-TELLER. »1 

19. For your business tact. 

20. For your modesty. 

21. Because you are humorous. 

22. For your worldly possessions. 

23. For your pecuniary prospects. 

24. For your accomplishments. 

25. Because you are irresistible. 
26 For your nameless attractions. 

27. For your faultless form. 

28. Because you are cheerful. 

29. For your Roman nose. 

30. For your liberal views. 

31. Because you are charitable. 

32. For your smiling features. 

33. For your eminent ability. 
34 For your rustic simplicity. 

35. For your extreme good nature. 

36. For your dispassionate temper. 

37. For your moderate desires. 

38. For your labors of mercy and peace. 



THE OMNIUM-GATHERUM ; OR, 



•TENTH QUESTION. 

WHEN, OR WHERE, WILL YOU FIRST 
MEET YOUR INTENDED? 



NO. ANSWER. 

1. At an agricultural fair. 

2. At a passenger depot. 

3. On the banks of a river. 

4. At the opera. 

5. At a moonlight serenade. 

6. In a beautiful glen. 

7. On Niagara suspension bridge. 

8. At the wedding of a friend. 

9. In a fashion-store. 

10. In a flower-garden. 

11. At church: 

12. In an omnibus. 

13. On the crowded thoroughfare. 

14. Next summer, or autumn. 

15. In a drug-store. 

16. At a picture-gallery. 

17. In the kitchen, washing dishes 



. THE AMERICAN FORTUNE-TELLER. 2:i 

18. At a social meeting. 

19. At her residence. 

20. On the seashore. 

21. At the theatre. 

22. In a city park. 

23. At the seminary. 

24. At a soiree. 

25. At a village gathering. 

26. On board a steamer. 

27. At a fancy ball. 

28. In a select company. 

29. At a large hotel. 

30. At a camp-meeting. 

31. At a concert. 

32. At his parents' home. 

33. At a menagerie and circus. 

34. At a charity festival 

35. In the cars. 

36. At a pic-nic. 

37. In an ice-cream restaurant. 

38. At a museum. 



24 THE OMNIUM-GATHERUM ; OR, 

ELEVENTH Q U ESTION. 

WHAT IS HIS, OR HER, GIVEN NAME ? 



NO. ANSWER, 

1. Viola. 

2. Obadiah. 
B. Abigail. 

4. Aaron, 

5. Lizzie. 

6. Sylvester. 

7. Josephine. 

8. Zaccheus. 
0. Ella. 

10. Theodore. 

11. Mary. 

12. Elisha, ' 

13. Agnes. 

14. Horace. 

15. Edith. 

16. Samuel. 
17., Cornelia. 
18. John. 



THE AMERICAN FOKTUNE-TELLEE. 



19. Victoria. 

20. Martin. 

21. Charlotte. 

22. Benjamin. 

23. Nellie. 

24. Levi. 

25. Olive. 

26. Thomas. 

27. Maud. 

28. Eugene. 

29. Carrie. 

30. Albert. 

31. Virginia. 

32. Henry. 

33. Sarah. 

34. William. 

35. Blanche. 

36. Jeremiah. 

37. Leura. 

38. Daniel. 



2G THE OMNIUM-GATHERUM ; OK, 

TWELFTH QUESTION. 

AT WHAT AGE WILL YOU GET MARRIED? 



NO. ANSWER. 

1. In your twenty-fifth year. 

2. In your fifteenth year. 

3. In your forty-first year. 

4. In your seventy-sixth year. 

5. In your nineteenth year. 

6. In your twenty-third year. 

7. In your fiftieth year. 

8. In your sixty-fourth year. 

9. In your thirty-eighth year. 

10. In your fifty-fifth year. 

11. In your ninetieth year. 

12. In your twenty-eighth year. 

13. In your twenty-sixth year. 

14. In your fifty-seventh year. 

15. In your fortieth year. 

16. In your nineteenth year. 

17. In your fifteenth year. 

18. In your twenty-fifth year. 



THE AMERICAN FORTUNE-TELLER. 

19. In your twenty-ninth year. 

20. In your forty-first year. 

21. In your seventy-sixth year. 

22. In your twenty-ninth year. 

23. In your eighty -fourth year. 

24. In your forty-seventh year. 

25. In your twenty- third year. 

26. In your thirty-fifth year. 

27. In your thirty- sixth year. 

28. In your forty-second year. 

29. In your seventeenth year. 

30. In your sixteenth year. 

31. In your sixty-fourth year. 

32. In your fortieth year. 

33. In your fifty-seventh year. 

34. In your fiftieth year. 

35. In your twenty-eighth year. 

36. In your thirty-eighth year. 

37. In your fifty-fifth year. 

38. In your twenty-sixth year. 



28 THE OMNIUM-GATHERUM ; OR, 

THIRTEENTH QUESTION. 

WHEN WILL THE WEDDING TAKE 
PLACE ? 



NO. ANSWER. 

1. On the bride's birthday. 

2. On the Fourth of July. 

3. On the last day of winter. 

4. On New Year's morning. 

5. At midnight. 

6. On Saint Patrick's day. 

7. The first Tuesday in September. 

8. Nine o'clock, Sabbath morning. 

9. On a cold, stormy day. 

10. On JVfoiy-day. 

11. On the President's inaugural day. 

12. Two years from date. 

13. At sunrise. 

14. On Robert Burns' natal day. 

15. On a cold, frosty monr'ng. 

16. Next summer. 

17. On Thanksgiving day. 



THE AMERICAN FORTUNE-TELLER 

18. November 30th, 1900. 

19. On a fine, autumnal day. 

20. Monday, if it don't rain. 

21. As soon as she states the time. 

22. When his parents consent. 

23. On Saint Valentine's day. 

24. On the last day of the year. 

25. On the eighteenth of June. 

26. In mid- winter. 

27. On Washington's natal day. 

28. On Christmas eve. 

29. On all-fool's day. 

30. On a bright, moonlight night. 

31. On a mild, winter day. • 

32. Half-past two, Thursday afternoon. 

33. On Saint John's day. 

34. On the first day of spring. 

35. At even-tide. 

36. About the middle of December. 

37. On the bridegroom's birthday. 

38. On a clear, summer morning. 



m THE OMNIUM-GATHERUM ; OR, 

FOURTEENTH QUESTION. 

WHERE WILL THE NUPTIALS COME OFF? 



NO. ANSWER. 

1 . ] n the cellar. 

2. In a pleasant grove. 

3. At the county poor-house. 

4. In a brick house. 

5. At the bride's parents' residence. 

6. On the deck of a steamship 

7. On a hill styled Beautiful Mount, 

8. In a straw factory. ■ 

9. At a large hotel. 

10. At a celebrated watering place. 

1 1 . On the banks of a famous lake. 

12. In a dell. called Lovers' Retreat, 
IB. In a school-house. * 

14. In an ancient castle. 

15. In a pleasant w T oods. 

1(3. In the cook's apartments. 

17. In an Indian wigwam. 

18. On a sail-boat. 



THE AMERICAN FORTUNE-TELLER. SI 

19. In an old building. 

20. At the church. 

21. Up garret. 

22. In a handsome villa. 

23. At a musical convention. 

24. In a floral palace. 

25. In the wilderness. • * 

26. In a modern cave. 

27. In a stone mansion. 

28. On a canal boat, 

29. In an obscure part of the city. 

30. Among strangers. 

31. At a private assembly. 

32. At a tea-party. 

33. In a pine forest, 

34. In a cathedral. 

35. In an alderman's office. - 

36. In the open air. 

37. In the house of a friend. 

38. At the parsonage. 



THE OMNIUM-GATHERUM ; OK, 



FIFTEENTH QUESTION. 

WHAT WILL OCCUR AFTER THE CERE 
MONY IS PERFORMED? 



NO. ANSWER. 

1. The bride will foe kissed by the parson. 

2. A disappointed lover will faint. 

3. The bridegroom will refuse to pay the fee. 

4. The happy swain will shout for joy. 

5. The old folks will give advice. 

6. The fowls will begin their concert, and mark time. 

7. An old maid will sneeze three times. 

8. Grandma will make you a present. 

9. The wine will be ordered taken off the table, 

10. You will be tendered a grand reception. 

11. You will be jealous of your wife. 

12. You will be serenaded by friends. 

13. Some comrade will offer to take your place. 

14. Young ladies will compliment your husband. 

15. A bachelor chum will present you with a cradle. 

1 6. A book agent will offer a treatise on divorce. 

17. Your mother-in-law will deliver a speech. 



THE AMERICAN FORTUNE-TELLER. 33 

18. The servants will cry because you leave home. 

19. You will scold your wife. 

20. Your husband will want the knot untied. 

21. Your friends will criticise your appearance. 

22. You will receive $1,000 in gold. 

23. A song, ''The Bachelor's Lament/' will be sung. 

24. Your husband will drop his wig, accidentally. 

25. Your washerwoman will give you a call. 

26. The contents of a large band-box will be disclosed. 

27. A collection will be taken to pay expenses. 

28. Numerous valuable gifts will be bestowed on you. 

29. Grotesque scenes will be enacted. 

30. You will learn the value of the gridiron. 

31. Music, on a jews-harp, by an expert, 

32. A parrot will repeat the marriage vows. 

33. You will become accustomed to the use of pins. 

34. Flattery and soft sawder will abound. 

35. Y~ou will hear bells, whistles, tin pans, etc, 

36. A banquet of peace, plenty and pleasure. 

37. Y r ou will discover that }^our wife is not an anc/cL 

38. Nothing to mar the joy and comfort of any. 



U THE 0MNII7M-GATHERUM ; OR, 



SI XT K KNTH QUESTION. 

WHAT LUXURY, EXTRAORDINARY, WILL 
BE PROVIDED FOR THE HAPPY 

OCCASION ? 



NO. ANSWF.Ii. 

-L Acorn nectar. 

2. Waffles. 

3. Boiled eggs. 

4. Sour krout. 

5. Souse. 

6. Lemonade. 

7. Artichokes. 

8. Sweet potatoes- 

9. Figs. 

10. Sandwiches. 

11. Catnip tea. 

12. Johnny cake. 

13. Cold water. 

14. Gingerbread. 

15. Crackers. 

16. Asparagus. 



THE AMERICAN FOKTUNE-TELLEIl. 35 

17. Sausage. 

18. Ice-cream. 

19. Dutch cheese. 
•20. Oysters. 

21. Codfish. 

22. Chocolate coffee. 

23. Baked apples. 

24. Cocoa-nut cake. 

25. Soup. 

26. Plum pudding. 

27. Mush and milk. 

28. Pumpkin pie. 

29. Buckwheat cakes. 

30. Fresh fish, 

31. Red herring. 

32. Green peas. 

33. Crab-apple jelly. 

34. Boiled corn. 

35. Pork and beans. 

36. Turkey. 

37. Roast beef. 

38. Bread and molasses. 



B6 THE OMNIUM-GATHEEUM ; OR, 

SEVENTEENTH QUESTION. 

WHERE WILL YOU GO FOR A WEDDUSTG 
TOUR ? 

NO. ANSWER. 

1. To Australia. 

2. To Niagara Falls. 

3. To Washington. 

4. To the Holy Land. 

5. To Canada. 

6. To Newport, 

7. To New Foundland. 

8. To New York, Philadelphia and Boston. 

9. Over the sea, 

10. To London. 

11. To Long Branch. 

12. To Paris. 

13. To the White Mountains. 

14. To Florida, 

15. To Mexico. 

16. To the Isle of Wight, 

17. To the British Provinces. 



THE AMERICAN FORTUNE-TELLER, 

18. To the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. 

19. To California, via the Union Pacific Railroad. 

20. To Rome. 

21. To Sonth America, 

22. To Nova Scotia, 

23. To Charleston. 

24. To Chicago and Saint Louis, 

25. To the South Sea Islands. 

26. To the North Pole. 

27. To Scotland. 

28. To Kentucky. 

29. To Lake Superior. 

30. To Dundaff. 

31. To New Brunswick, 

32. To Detroit. 

33. To Japan. 

34. To Liverpool. 

35. To Nicaragua, 

36. Around the world. 

37. To Cape May. 

38. To China. 



38 THE OMNIUM-GATHERUM ; OR, 



EIGHTEENTH QUESTION. 

WHAT WILL BE THE MOST PROMINENT 
EVENT OF YOUR MARRIED CAREER? 



XO. ANSWER. 

1. Your failure in business. 

2. Your exit from home. 

3. A legacy from France. 

4. The wedding. 

5. Your sojourn at your father-in-law's. 

6. The death of your husband. 

7. Your speculation in oil-stock. 

8. Your second marriage. 

9. Being turned out of doors by your children. 

10. The introduction of a stranger in your circle. 

11. The accomplishment of a cherished project 

12. The celebration of your golden wedding. 

13. A visit to the old world. 

14. Mischief produced by gossip. 

15. Your wife's sudden estrangement. 

16. Leaving the place of your nativity. 

17. Your purchase of real estate in Philadelphia. 



THE AMERICAN FORTUNE-TELLER. 39 

18. Immense wealth in after life. 

19. The invention of a paying patent. 

20. An effort to rule your household. 

21. Insubordination in the family. 

22. Lecturing before the public. 

23. Signing the pledge of total abstinence. 

24. Attending a royal banquet. 

25. Loss of property by fire. 

26. Teaching school and boarding 'round. 

27. Cheating your creditors. 

28. A valuable discovery made- in 1890. 

29. Desertion by your wife. 

30. The day you become a legal voter. 

31. Paying your debts. 

32. Demanding your husband's money. 

33. Nursing the children. 

34. Jealousy, on the part of your husband. 

35. Attempting to kiss a handsome girl. 

36. Earning a living for the family. 

37. Coaxing your wife to tell her secrets. 

38. Being divorced from your husband. 

FINIS. 



leittptw department. 

From the Tankhannock Republican. 

A THANK-OFFERING TO J. T. YARRINGTON. 



[Note. — These beautiful lines were written by Miss 

, a young lady friend of Mr. J. T. Yarrington, of 

Carbondale, Pa. , who is acknowledged and widely known 

as a zealous and prominent advocate of the Temperance 

Reform.] 

I- 

I am not known to thee, nor thou to me, 

Except as those who sing each other know ; 
Yet thou hast touch'd, unwittingly, the key 

That held my soul's full music ; it must flow ; 
And though its grandeur should fall short of thine, 

It only seeks to thank thee in this strain, 
That thou hast shown beneath the purpling wine 

There lies alone the blood-red drops of pain ! 

II. 

That thou hast dar'd to rise above the throng 

Who wreathe the sparkling goblet's edge with flowers ; 
And who — in empty mirth and ribald song — 

Waste golden moments of their precious hours ; 
That thou hast dar'd in this most wanton age 

While tempting syrens sing, in thy brave youth. 
To turn for glowing eyes that mystic title-page 

Whereon is written Temperance and Truth ! 



TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT. 41 

III. 

I well might speak of other brilliant themes 

On which thy pen has dwelt in graceful thought, 
Yet 'tis not for thy sweet poetic dreams 

Or eloquence with tender fancies fraught 
That I would thank thee most — although they all 

Have held my spirit in a magic spell — 
But let me thank thee foe the washing call 

That startles hundeeds feom the veege of eell ! 

IV. 

Work on : when thy labor of love is done, 

Forgetting the conflict of toil and pain, 
Thou shalt receive thanks from many a one 

Whose honor and peace thou hast help'd to gain ; 
Long may thy voice be lifted 'gainst the wrong, 

The giant wrong that over-rides the earth, 
That culls its victims from the sons of song, 

From halls of State, and ranks of noble birth I 

V. 

Those join'd with thee in the temperance cause, 

May they, too, in well-doing weary not. 
Till purg'd our fair escutcheon from such laws — 

Rumselling, its most foul and hateful blot ; 
. Long may thy hands dash down the chaplet leaves 

That would conceal the poison in the cup, 
And while love over fallen manhood grieves, 

may'st thou hold the sacred banner up ! 0. 



42 TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT. 



J. T. YARRINGTON AND THE TEMPERANCE 
REFORM. 



COMMENDATIONS FROM THE PRESS AND 
PEOPLE. 



PERSONAL. 



[From the Scranton Morning Republican.] 

We print elsewhere to-day an able argument advo- 
cating independent political action as desirable in the 
temperance movement. While we do not approve of 
the project, we are nevertheless willing to give the 
adherents of the measure a hearing, especially when 
the plea comes from the pen of one of our own 
citizens, who is rapidly becoming a prominent and 
promising leader in the temperance cause. 



[From the Kew York Daily Times.] 

Mr. J. T. Yarrington, of Scranton,* Penn., has 
published, in the Republican, of that city, a paper 
advocating independent political action to advance 
the temperance cause. 
*Carbondale, Penn. 



I 



New York Tribune, 
New York, June 28th 

Mr. J. T. Yarrington, Carbondale, Pa. 

Dear Sir : — I sympathize very heartily with the 
efforts you were good enough to bring to my attention, 
in favor of the temperance cause, and although we 



TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT. 43 

may differ as to some details of the movement, we 
cannot differ at all as to the results aimed at. 

"With thanks for the courtesy of your letter, lam, 
Very respectfully, 
(Signed,) AYhitelaw Keid. 

[From the Golden Age, Theodore Tilton, Editor.] 

Mr. J. T. Yarrington, of Carbondale, Pa., a zeal- 
ous advocate of the temperance movement, has just 
received, through the columns of the Tunkhannock 
Republican, a poetical tribute to his useful labors, from 
the pen of a young Pennsylvania poet of the female 
sex, whose sign manual is the letter li G" 

Mr. Yarrington has lately written (not in intoxi- 
cating rhymes, but in teetotal prose) an argument in 
favor of making prohibition the basis of a political 
party. He approves the views of Hon. Gerrit Smith 
on this subject. By the way, we shall look to Peter- 
boro for an expression of Mr. Smith's views from his 
own pen. 



HON. GERRIT SMITH TO J. T. YARRINGTON. 



The Sentiments of the Pioneer Reformer of America, 

the Originator of the "Anti-Dramshop Party," 

on Temperance-Political Suasion. 

[Extracts from several Letters.] 
Mr. J. T. Yarrington, Carbondale, Pa. 

Dear Sir: — I have your esteemed letter, and I thank 
you for the invitation to attend your Grand Temperance 
Mass Meeting. 

I wish I could attend it ; but I have not sufficient 
health to do so. 



44 TEMPEEANCE DEPARTMENT. 

I trust that you, and my friend, James Black, will 
go not only for an independent political party, but also 
for having it confine itself to the one issue of putting 
an end to dramselling. 

I am an old man (seventy-four,) my health is 
impaired, and I no longer write much for the press. 

And so you are only twenty-three years old ? 

God has blessed you with rare wisdom, integrity 
and firmness — very rare for one so young. 

I have just finished reading your "Salutatory." It 
convinces me that you do not need "a letter of advice" 
from me. You are quite competent, with the help of 
your Heavenly Father, to advise yourself. 

I have great confidence that God is raising you up 
to be a rich blessing to your fellow men. 

Many thanks for the Scranton Republican of June 
8th. 

• I am glad to see that you are continuing to write so 
vigorously for our dear cause. 

Excuse my brevity. I can give but a few lines to 
each of my innumerable correspondents. 

Heaven bless you ! 

Yery respectfully, 

Your friend, 
(Signed,) Gerrit Smith. 

Peterboro, JV. Y. 



LETTEE FEOM HON. JAMES BLACK, PEESIDENT 

OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE 

TEMPEEANCE UNION. 



J. T. Yarrington, Esq., Carbondale, Pa. 

Dear Sir and Bro.: — I thank you for your circulars 
received last week. 

The ability and earnestness manifested in these 



TEMPEKANCE DEPARTMENT. 4r> 

documents augur great powers of usefulness in the 
cause of temperance. 

How much I admire 3 r our heartiness, and the sturdy 
blows you strike at the monster vice of the age. 

I had hoped to meet you and make your acquaint- 
ance at the meeting of the State Temperance Union 
at Harrisburg yesterday, and felt some discontent at . 
having to accept your. telegram instead. 

I am sorry that I did not become acquainted with 
you at Gettysburg, and trust that the day is not far 
distant when we shall strike hands as our hearts are 
now in fellowship. 

* * # * * * 

I enclose you a copy of the call to which I referred 
in my last. If you approve, say how many you can 
use by forwarding to prominent temperance men who 
will probably unite in the movement. 
Fraternally yours, 
(Signed,) James Black. 

Lancaster, Pa. 



[From the Erie Daily Dispatch.] 

Elsewhere are presented some notices of Mr. J. T. 
Yarrixgton's argument in favor of a special prohibi- 
tory party. While we have little sympathy with a 
project which has a tendency to work disorganization 
in our own party, we are free to admit that Mr. 
Yarrington has discussed his theme with consid- 
erable power and ability. 



[From the Record of the Times.] 

Our friend, J. T. Yarrington, of Carbondale, Pa., 
is a most industrious man in the temperance cause, 
and not disposed to hide his light under a bushed 



4(5 TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT. 

We have a fresh circular from his pen, with many 
expressions of opinions from his temperance brethren 
— not all agreeing with him, by any means, — but 
commending his zeal and acknowledging his usefulness. 



[From the Wyoming Valley Journal*] 

We are in receipt of a circular containing an able 
argument, by J. T. Yarrington, of Carbondale, Pa,, 
in favor of forming a National temperance political 
party. 

We are in that boat. 

Let the friends of temperance keep the ball rolling; 



[From the Carbondale Advance.] 

Mr. J. T. Yarrington, of this city, is out in 
another argument in favor of legal suasion over the 
dram-seller, by prohibition. It is a dispassionate, 
masterly and energetic article, with no words wasted, 
and every sentence to the point. 



TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT. 47 



TEMPERANCE AND POLITICS. 



Shall we Have a Special Prohibitory Party? 
Separate Political Action the Demand of the Hour, 



LEGAL SUASION. 



An Argument for Practical Prohibition. 



BY J. T. YARRINGTON. 



REFLECTIONS ON THE COURSE OF ACTION, AS 
APPLIED TO THE FUTURE OF THE TEMPER- 
ANCE CONFLICT, IN RELATION TO 
MORAL VS. LEGAL SUASION. 

Our New Circular on "Temperance and Politics" 
is now ready for distribution. Let it have a wide 
circulation. As a temperance campaign document it 
has been, already, highly endorsed by the press and 
the people in different parts of the country. 

Price, ten cents per copy ; six dollars per hundred, 
by express. 

These rates will not much more than pay for printing. 
Friends of the cause, everywhere, should he]p to 
scatter these temperance tracts broadcast, throughout 
the land. 



A Fact. — "Temperance and Politics/' by J. T. 
Yarrington, is having a large, extended circulation. 
Orders are multiplying fast. The demand is from 
North, South, East and West. "First come, first 
served i" 



48 TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT. 

Evety temperance man and woman in the land 
should read the article on Temperance and Politics, \)j 
J. T. Yarrington; and those who are not as yet, 
temperance men and women, should, by all means, 
read the argument on this important subject, and 
become at once practical exponents of temperance, 
total abstinence and legal prohibition. Let us have 
no more half-way work in our temperance ranks ! 



Our Tract on "Temperance and Politics," may be 
had, in large or small quantities, at the rate of six 
dollars per hundred; — or, ten cents for a single copy, 
by mail, postpaid. 

Address your orders to J. T. Yarrington, Car- 
bondale, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania. 



[From the Soranton City Journal.] 
* * * •& * * 

Mr. J. T. Yarrington is now quite widely known 
as an apostle of total abstinence, his articles having 
been published and read in different parts of the 
country. Pie has evidently accomplished much good 
by his writings, as the encomiums he has received 
from different papers and persons in various localities \ 
would seem to indicate. 

Many celebrated men have given him words of 
encouragement and cheer, and his star is in the. 
ascendant. His name is a synonym of temperance 
and moral, reform wherever his writings are known, 
and we trust he will keep extending his sphere of 
usefulness until he shall have still more laurels added 
to his wreath. 

Go on, friend Yarrington, conquering and to 
conquer, and may you live to see the dawn of the 
glorious day of sobriety and peace. 



TEMPERANCE DEPAKTMENT. 49 

{From the Worcester Journal.} 

A good cause should be supported by good people. 
While there are hundreds and thousands of christian 
men and women in our land who are engaged in, and 
identified with, the temperance movement, in one way 
or another; yet there are but few, comparatively, who 
sacrifice and earnestly labor for the furtherance of this 
noble reform and the prohibition of the liquor traffic. 

We have been led to this reflection since receiving 
and perusing the article, "Fashionable Intemperance," 
by our talented and esteemed contributor, J. T. 
Yarrington, which is found in our temperance 
department to-day. 

We are not, as our readers well know, in the habit 
of " puffing' 1 men and things for selfish or pecuniary 
motives. Not being acquainted with Mr. Yarrington, 
we know nothing whatever of him as a man or by 
personal association : but this we do know — that as an 
able and practical exponent of the righteous cause in 
which he is so faithfully engaged, J. T. Yarrixgtox, 
of Carbondale, Pa., unquestionably stands among the 
first leaders in the temperance reformation. 

Give us more such defenders of truth and temper- 
ance ; give us more Yarrixgtons; give us more 
manly men ; give us more daring women ; then, and 
not till then, will we see the triumph of temperance 
principles. 

Long may our temperance workers live to dethrone 
the power of habit, and may their mantles fall on 
others to help carry forward the car of progression. 



[From the Tunkhannock Republican.] 

The Wayne County Jler aid editor, under the irritating 
inliuence of aAvhiskey headache, strokes our talented 
correspondent. Yarringtox's feathers the wrong way 



50 TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT. 

The Herald man is not the only one whom histon 
records as being scared at the writing on the wall 
Prohibition means no more "tod" for him. Coming 
events cast their shadows over him, and he feels all 
crawly. 

Yarrington is an able champion of the temperance 
cause, and we feel proud of him. 



[From the Tuscola American.] 

Among the able defenders of this reform is Mr. J. T. 
Yarrington, of Carbondale, Pennsylvania. His day- 
star was never brighter; but the glorious future will 
add to its lustre. He wields the pen of a ready writer, 
and it is indeed encouraging to find so true a devotee 
in one so young — for he is scarce more than one-and- 
twenty. 

With a heart in the work, our friend Yarrington* 
goes " right 07?," overcoming the prejudices, obstacles 
and opposition of all grog- venders, whiskey ites and 
other enemies. 

We predict for this young champion of the temper- 
ance cause a great degree of success. Would that 
we had ten thousand more such, in our ranks, among 
the young men of our land ! 

Go on, brother. Let your aspirations be higher! 
higher! higher! "The pen is mightier than the sword/' 
Continue, then, to use it for God and humanity. 



[From the Temperance Vindicator. 1 

It is with pleasure that we publish the following 
commendatory notice of our friend, Mr. J. T. Yar- 
rington, of Carbondale, Pa., from the Wayne Citizen : 

* * * * * * 

The fact that this able young champion of the 
temperance cause has been attacked by the grog- 



TEMPEIUNCE DEPARTMENT. SI 

sellers and grog-bruisers in his neighborhood, is an 
evidence of his efficiency as a temperance advocate. 

It is not every one that is willing to incur the 
enmity of the influential whiskey ring by an open fight 
with them, for it is known that this hellish power will 
resort to anything however contemptible and dishonor- 
able, to crush those who dare to do battle for the right 
and against their infamous business. 

Timid, tender-footed policy peddlers, nominal tem- 
perance men, do nothings, who blow and bluster when 
no enemy is in view, but who skulk like guilty things 
in the presence of liquor-sellers and their thirsty 
customers, are not subject to the censure of these 
delectables. 



They do not meddle with their neighbors] hush 



ess 



Of course not. 

But it must be conceded that such persons are 
nobodies — mere cyphers that add not one whit to the 
great sum of human usefulness. 

But when a gentleman of talent has the courage to 
oppose the traffic in the murder-making fluid, the 
hyenas who are engaged in the business raise an awful 
howl, and move the very hills that they may make a 
grave for his good name, and thus destroy his prestige 
and weaken his influence in the war against them. 

We say to our young co-laborer, go on ; strike, right 
and left, and let the wails of the wounded be music to 
make you strike more swift and sure. 

The right will prevail. 

The citizens of Carbondale, and especially those 
who have fathers and sons likely to bo ruined by the 
'•urse of intemperance, should be thankful that they 
have a talented temperance champion among them 
who has the courage to wage an unrelenting warfare 
aga st the enemies of their peace and prosperity. 



TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT. 
TOUCH NOT THE SIREN CUP, 



A Temperance IMr«£e. 



Touch not the siren cup of death, 

'Tis hell that lurks within ; 
'Twill give to pone good health or breath. 

But trouble, wo and Bin ! 

See the child of sorrow, 

With face so Bad and wan, 
Comfort seek to borrow 

When hope is almost gone ! 

Friends strhe in rain to cheer 

The soul — for worldly joys 
And ail the rounds of pleasure here 

Are less than children's toys! 

"List P r — 'Tis the voice of mirth 

Echoing from the bowers 
Of the Bacchic sons of earth — 

Oh, what unhallow'd hours! 

Such revelry ! who can portray ? 

Not half the curse is known ; — 
Who can intemperance subdue, allay, 

And drive the demon from the thron«! 

Liquor maddens — yes, worse, by far: 
It brines the guilty, erring soul 

Chargeable at the Judgment Bar, 
God's wrath on it to roll ! 

Deluded men ! oh, hapless slaves! 

How long will you thus tread 
Untimely paths to drunkard's graves, 

Your home among the dea«i ! 

With Heaven's pure and richest drink 
None shall complain of thirst. 

Or fall from lofty station's brink 
To realms of those Recurs* d ! 

Then think, amid your mirth. 

How glory may depart ; 
The strong are bow'd to earth 

And indurate in heart! 

£oon shall the power of fiends and kn-ave* 

Be far remov'd from sight, 
And moral, righteous men— not «lave^— 

Will battle for the right ! 



THE ABSTAINER'S APPEAL. 

BY J. T. YA.BRINGTOX. 

He who drinks of the poison'd bowl 

Which fiends have drugg'd with hell. 
And brings upon his guilty soul 

That horrid, hopeless spell — 
Oh, try and reach to him 

A kind, protecting arm : 
Repel those shadows dim. 

His careless ways alarm ! 

The wife a lowly prayer 

May offer by his side. 
But a withering sense of shame is there 

Which wounds his manly pride ; 
When on such wrecks you gaze 

With pity, tears or sighs, 
Then kindly stoop and raise 

The fallen of the skies ! 

Rains that now are given 

Fall thankless o'er the land, 
And another Horeb riven 

Might waste its waves in sand — 
For children scorn to bow 

Where parents knelt before. 
And cool the weary, burden'd brow 

In rippling springs of yore ! 

They know not where they stand — 

Strong drink will lead them blind. 
Curse their ways, lofty, pure and grand. 

While death at last they find : 
We witness here one cause 

Of immorality in man : 
God's high and holy laws 

Evade the moral scan ! 

Total abstainers, one and all. 

Battle on in your might 
To rescue souls from such a fall. 

The inebriate's endless night ; 
Cause them to dash the siren cup 

Of ruin from their lips, 
Lest night should mantle up 

In the spirit's apocalypse ! 






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